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Ryan Gosling Tree Feud, Kidnapping Pranks & Vicks VapoRub Fish 🌴😂 | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 55
Chip melts a shopping cart at Gelson's, Thomas reveals his celebrity neighbor is Ryan Gosling, and April Fool's pranks escalate from ketchup buckets to actual kidnapping. Just another sunny day on the Sunburnt Podcast. Welcome to Episode 55 of the Sunburnt Podcast with Emmy Award-winning Producer Thomas O'Brien and Netflix Comedian Chip Chantry. This week the guys break down a complete Puerto Rico rum tasting guide, uncover Maui's ancient tea culture (and reminisce about the greatest iced tea on Earth at Kahuku Farms), debate Boy Kibble vs Girl Dinner, track a comet that might explode, and meet Leonard — the most beautiful, destructive, pimp-daddy fish in Hawaii. Plus: a man who lived in a banyan tree for 111 days and the fastest grave ever dug. Why Hit Play? 🛒 Supermarket Sweep Sabotage — Chip hooks a car battery to a shopping cart and gets banned from Gelson's (0:28) 😈 April Fool's Rules Go Criminal — Pranks escalate from ketchup buckets to LinkedIn hacking to literal kidnapping (15:40) 🍹 Puerto Rico Rum Capital Guide — The Matador Network's deep dive into the island's rum culture and distilleries (25:33) 🎬 Ryan Gosling Neighbor Drama — Thomas casually drops he's in a tree dispute with The Gos (29:52) 🍵 Kahuku Farms Flashback — The hosts relive their perfect North Shore food day: shave ice, poke, and plantation iced tea (33:34) ☄️ Comet Might Explode — Comet MAPS could be the brightest in years... if the sun doesn't eat it first (47:53) 🐟 Leonard the Peacock Grouper — A Vicks VapoRub-looking fish pimp with a harem terrorizing Hawaiian reefs (51:48) 🌳 111 Days in a Banyan Tree — A man lived 75 feet up with a bed, toilet, and tree yoga routine (56:29) ⚰️ Fastest Grave Ever Dug — Two hours flat in a Cleveland cemetery, and the crowd went wild (59:43) Chapters 0:00 Cold Open — Melted Cart, VapoRub Fish & Gosling Tease 0:28 The Gelson's Shopping Cart Meltdown 0:50 Chip's Supermarket Sweep Loophole 1:03 Sunburnt Podcast Intro 2:46 Episode Rundown — Rum, Gosling, Comets & Fish 3:38 Trouble in Paradise Hotline 4:09 Hawaiian Tropic Slather Ritual 5:42 Front Desk — Mr. Chantry's Spring Break Back Injury 6:03 The Double Nickel — Episode 55 7:03 Rucking Like Ben Franklin in 1700s Philly 7:59 Thomas's Grown-Up Birthday Party Revelation 8:37 Toddler Wisdom — Getting Fired Up for Everyone 10:47 Disneyland Birthday & the Bestie Vibes Shirt 11:58 The Mysterious Tall Women of Disneyland 13:21 One Tall Woman — Multiple Costume Changes? 15:40 April Fool's Rules Begin 16:32 Prank 1 — A Bucket of Ketchup Under the Cushion 17:45 Prank 2 — Hacking Jeff's LinkedIn with Lewd Messages 19:36 Prank 3 — Parents Making Love Rickroll 21:32 Prank 4 — Bidet Through the Picture Window 23:04 Prank 5 — The Longport Snatcher Kidnapping 25:33 Puerto Rico: Rum Capital of the World 27:05 Chip's Wine Drinkers Bit — Hit Me Baby One More Wine 28:08 Thomas's Rum Diaries Pandemic Deep Dive 29:52 Ryan Gosling Is Thomas's Neighbor 30:59 Project Hail Mary Crushes the Box Office 33:34 Maui's Ancient Tea Culture Revealed 34:18 Kahuku Farms — Best Iced Tea on Earth 37:41 North Shore Flashback — 10AM Shave Ice & Parking Lot Poke 41:12 Don't Work Unless It's Fun Day — April 3rd 42:28 Boy Kibble vs Girl Dinner Explained 44:03 Chip's PB&J and 7-Eleven Hotdog Confessions 44:44 Thomas's Legendary Leftover Egg Scramble 45:46 Pandemic Indonesian Leftovers — Put an Egg on It 47:53 Comet MAPS — Brightest in Years or Solar Explosion? 50:48 Jimmy Buffett's Secret Tucson Office Breaks 51:33 Fish of the Week — Leonard the Peacock Grouper 52:04 Vicks VapoRub in a Microwave 52:15 Adidas Lava Lamp & Andre Agassi at Wimbledon 53:31 Leonard's Hawaiian Reef Crime Spree Since the 1950s 55:04 Leonard's Harem of Groupies Revealed 55:32 Leonard's Ayahuasca Retreat with Jared Leto 56:09 The Good Book Opens 56:29 111 Days Up a Banyan Tree in China 57:47 Bed, Toilet & Tree Yoga at 75 Feet 59:43 Fastest Grave Ever Dug — Jose Luis Rivera 1:00:34 Eight Feet Long, Six Feet Deep, Two Hours Flat 1:01:23 The 2016 Concrete Failure & Camera Battery Drama 1:02:15 Shallow Graves Off the AC Expressway 1:03:29 Biggest Cemetery Celebration Since Edna Rafferty 1988 1:04:16 Front Desk — Stay Burnt 🌴 Leave us a voicemail for the Trouble in Paradise Hotline: (310) 845-6038 Tell us your worst vacation story and you might hear it on the show. 🎧 New episodes every week. Subscribe and Get Sunburnt. #SunburntPodcast #ComedyPodcast #TropicalTravel #PuertoRicoRum #RyanGosling #MauiTea #FishOfTheWeek #AprilFoolsPranks #CometMAPS #guinnessworldrecords The Sunburnt Podcast @SunburntPod is the number 1 Tropical Travel Comedy Podcast in the world.
Waikiki Was a Swamp, 4000-lb Manta Rays & Earth's Loneliest Island 🌴🦈🌋 | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 54
Before Waikiki was paradise, it was a malaria-infested duck pond. A 4,000-pound manta ray named Barnaby is fighting with 30 buddies over a girl. And somewhere in the South Atlantic, 250 people share 7 last names and eat lobster every day. Welcome to Episode 54 of the Sunburnt Podcast with Emmy Award-winning Producer Thomas O'Brien and Netflix Comedian Chip Chantry. This week, the guys celebrate the 125th anniversary of Waikiki's first hotel, break down why NASA might spend $11 billion on a Mars rock called "Donomite," reveal the secret history of DC's cherry blossoms (spoiler: we burned the first batch), and meet Barnaby — a goth-looking giant manta ray who can recognize himself in a mirror. Plus: the world's most remote inhabited island, where your nearest neighbor is a 7-day boat ride away. 🔔 Subscribe and hit the bell so you never miss an episode! Why Hit Play? 🍅 57 Uses for Ketchup — Chip reveals Heinz's wildest cleaning hacks (0:32) 🏨 Waikiki's $150K Swamp Hotel — The Moana Surfrider turns 125 (12:26) 🪨 The $11 Billion Mars Rock — A mineral that doesn't exist on Earth (21:03) 🚢 21.7 Million Spring Break Cruisers — America goes full cruise control (22:32) 🌸 Japan's Cherry Trees Got Torched — The diplomatic disaster nobody knows (25:24) 🐠 Barnaby's 30-Male Mating Train — Fish of the Week gets unhinged (37:49) 🏝️ 250 People, 7 Last Names — Life on Earth's most remote island (44:58) 💰 Adam Sandler's $48 Million Year — Forbes' highest-paid actors revealed (30:09) Chapters 0:00 Open - Episode Tease 0:32 57 Ways to Use Ketchup 1:03 The #1 Tropical Travel Comedy Podcast 1:23 Chip's Alpha Male Podcaster Meltdown 2:09 Thomas's Timothée Chalamet Charcoal Side Hustle 2:37 Should Chalamet's Interview Have Been Edited? 4:39 The Tropical News Rundown 7:07 Front Desk — The Escape Room Countdown 7:26 Episode 54 & YouTube Growth Explosion 8:45 Chip's Frat Brothers Storm Steel Stacks 9:37 A Burnt One Appears at an Oscar Party 12:26 Waikiki Was a Malaria Duck Pond 13:14 The Moana Surfrider Turns 128 14:32 Best Mai Tai and Burger on Earth 15:37 Old Keith the Banyan Tree Since 1904 17:17 Outrigger Expands to Leo's Beach Island 18:57 The ABC Store Has More Items Than Amazon 20:01 Chip's 3-Minute Leonardo DiCaprio Set 21:03 NASA's $11 Billion Rock Called dough tonight 22:32 21.7 Million Americans Go Cruise Control 23:39 Netflix's Next Missing Person Documentary 25:24 Japan's Cherry Trees Get Burned at Customs 27:32 Darkness Becomes a $10 Billion Industry 30:09 Forbes Highest-Paid Actors — Sandler Takes #1 33:29 Chip Tells Millionaires to Stay Out of Podcasting 34:47 Buffett's Shamrock Margarita Fact Check 35:28 Fish of the Week — Barnaby the 4,000-lb Manta Ray 36:34 A Goth Girl's Kite at 20 Feet Wide 37:49 The 30-Male Mating Train Explained 39:12 Barnaby's Reef Yourself Spa Day 39:52 Manta Rays Recognize Themselves in Mirrors 41:14 The Good Book Opens 41:47 Dominican Republic's 800,000 Tourist Tsunami 44:58 Earth's Most Remote Inhabited Island 48:23 Lobster and French Fries Every Single Day 48:54 No Airport — Just a 7-Day Boat Ride 51:58 Trouble in Paradise Hotline Reminder 52:44 Front Desk — Stay Burnt 0:32 Cold Open — 57 Ways to Use Ketchup 0:58 Thomas Realizes They're Recording 1:03 The #1 Tropical Travel Comedy Podcast 1:23 Chip's Alpha Male Podcaster Meltdown 2:09 Thomas's Timothée Chalamet Charcoal Side Hustle 2:37 Should Chalamet's Interview Have Been Edited? 4:39 The Tropical News Rundown 7:07 Front Desk — The Escape Room Countdown 9:37 A Burnt One Appears at an Oscar Party 12:26 Waikiki Was a Malaria Duck Pond 13:14 The Moana Surfrider Turns 125 14:32 Best Mai Tai and Burger on Earth 15:37 Moana Surfrider Banyan Tree Since 1904 17:17 Outrigger Expands to Leo's Beach Island 18:57 The ABC Store Has More Items Than Amazon 20:01 Chip's 3-Minute Leonardo DiCaprio Set 21:03 NASA's $11 Billion Rock Called dough tonight 22:32 21.7 Million Americans Go Cruise Control 23:39 Netflix's Next Missing Person Documentary 25:24 Japan's Cherry Trees Get Burned at Customs 27:32 Darkness Becomes a $10 Billion Industry 30:09 Forbes Highest-Paid Actors — Sandler Takes #1 33:29 Chip Tells Millionaires to Stay Out of Podcasting 34:47 Buffett's Shamrock Margarita Fact Check 35:28 Fish of the Week — Barnaby the 4,000-lb Manta Ray 36:34 A Goth Girl's Kite at 20 Feet Wide 37:49 The 30-Male Mating Train Explained 41:47 Dominican Republic's 800,000 Tourist Tsunami 44:58 Earth's Most Remote Inhabited Island 🌴 Leave us a voicemail for the Trouble in Paradise Hotline: (310) 845-6038 Tell us your worst vacation story and you might hear it on the show. 🎧 New episodes every week. Subscribe and Get Sunburnt. #SunburntPodcast #ComedyPodcast #TropicalTravel #Waikiki #MantaRay #TristanDaCunha #CherryBlossoms #MarsRock #CruiseLife #FishOfTheWeek The Sunburnt Podcast @SunburntPod is the number 1 Tropical Travel Comedy Podcast in the world.
Shaq's $600M Island, AI Roasts Your LinkedIn & Scorpion Fish 🏝️😂🦂 | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 53
Shaq is Carnival Cruise's Chief Fun Officer. The LA Marathon offered medals for hitting the 18 mile mark. And Thomas built an AI specifically to roast bros LinkedIns. Welcome to paradise. Welcome to Episode 53 of the Sunburnt Podcast with Thomas O'Brien and Chip Chantry. This week, the guys break down Travel & Leisure's suspect list of the 20 best Caribbean beaches (including the infamous Pig Beach), rank the best places to celebrate St. Patrick's Day around the world, reveal how ChatGPT is weaponizing your insecurities, meet Clarence the Hawaiian Scorpion Fish, and crack open The Good Book for a 202-meter underwater breath hold and a 276-gallon iced latte. Why Hit Play? 🐷 Pig Beach exposed — Why swimming with pigs is the Bahamas' weirdest flex (16:52) 🏅 18-mile marathon medals — The LA Marathon's "global softening" controversy (3:09) 🤖 AI roasts your LinkedIn — Thomas built a program to torch professional identities (42:40) 🚢 Shaq's CFO Role — Carnival's $600M Celebration Key and its Chief Fun Officer (45:15) 🦂 Clarence the scorpion fish — A venomous, algae-covered curmudgeon who eats creatures his own size (1:02:42) 🫁 202 meters on one breath — A Danish doctor with double-sized lungs (1:10:14) ☕ 276-gallon iced latte — 3,200 shots of espresso in a giant Dunkin tank (1:15:40) 🐊 Alligator waiting rooms — Chip's honeymoon restaurant had baby gators out back (53:21) Chapters 0:00 Cold Open — Aruba, Die Hard & Scratch-Off Schemes 0:29 Chip's Illegal Lottery Ticket Sweatshop 1:12 Sunburnt Podcast Official Intro 3:09 The LA Marathon Wrong Turn Disaster 4:05 Thomas Can't Remember "Die Hard" 5:37 The #1 Restaurant on Earth (By Revenue) 7:36 Global Softening — Medals at 18 Miles 10:13 Episode 53 Mega-Preview 12:37 Front Desk — Donkeys & Drop Cloths 14:42 HeyJude! Stop Knocking the Sun Around Like a Piñata 16:52 Travel & Leisure's Suspect Beach Rankings 18:17 Pig Beach — Who Decided on Pigs? 20:26 Arnold Schwarzenegger Can't Fit Through a Door 22:24 Puerto Rico's Hidden Gem Beach 25:22 Hershey Park’s Vom Budget 27:14 The Batman Ride Ends the O'Brien Coaster Legacy 31:12 St. Patrick's Day — Dublin to Buenos Aires 35:33 Philadelphia's Erin Express Nightmare 37:34 ChatGPT Weaponizes Your Insecurities 40:24 Thomas's LinkedIn Roast Machine 42:40 "Did I Just Torch This Guy's LinkedIn?" 45:15 Shaq: Chief Fun Officer of Carnival Cruises 47:00 Bill Burr's "Seven Foot Two" Assessment 48:18 Celebration Key's 275,000 Sq Ft Lagoons 50:37 Norovirus Island (Princess Cruise Parody) 51:33 NYC's Two-Hour Restaurant Lines 53:21 Baby Alligators in the Restaurant Waiting Area 57:48 Hypochondriac Corner — The Asthma Cougher at the Wedding 1:02:42 Fish of the Week — Meet Clarence 1:04:34 Oscar the Grouch But Sadder and More Racist 1:06:25 Clarence Has No Swim Bladder (He's a Rock) 1:07:57 Clarence Eats Creatures Almost His Own Size 1:08:49 Clarence Molts Every Two Weeks Like Uncle Mike 1:10:14 The Good Book — 202 Meters on One breath 1:12:34 Stig's 14-Liter Lungs (Double a Normal Human) 1:13:21 Asthma Origin Story to Superhero Lungs 1:15:40 The Good Book — Dunkin's 276-Gallon Iced Latte 1:19:02 276 Gallons: One Beverage, 3,200 Espresso Shots 1:20:14 200 Missing Children of Milk 1:22:40 Nick DiGiovanni's 11th World Record: Finding a Toilet 1:23:05 One-Year Anniversary Thank You 1:23:49 Front Desk — Stay Burnt 🌴 Leave us a voicemail for the Trouble in Paradise Hotline: (310) 845-6038 Tell us your worst vacation story and you might hear it on the show. 🎧 New episodes every week. Subscribe and Get Sunburnt. #SunburntPodcast #ComedyPodcast #TropicalTravel #CaribbeanBeaches #CarnivalCruise #ShaqCFO #ChatGPTRoast #FishOfTheWeek #WorldRecords #stpatricksday The Sunburnt Podcast @SunburntPod is the number 1 Tropical Travel Comedy Podcast in the world.
Meet the Hosts
Two friends who traded the mainland hustle for island time and endless laughs
Chip Chantry
Chip Chantry is a stand up comedian, television writer and actor. In 2024, he released Move Closer, his first stand up special, following his role as Kyle the Liar on the Netflix series Tires. Formerly a 4th grade teacher, Chip Chantry left the classroom to pursue a successful career as a comedian, touring nationally and opening for acts such as Sarah Silverman, Dave Chappelle, Bob Saget, Gary Gulman, and Andrew Schulz.
Coming up in the Philadelphia comedy scene, Chip won Helium Comedy Club's "Philly's Phunniest" contest, and was named "Best Comedian in Philly" by Philadelphia Magazine. With his sharp writing and energetic stage presence, Chip keeps audiences on their toes, shifting easily from hard-hitting one-liners to well-crafted storytelling.
As a television writer, Chip has written comedy series for NBC, FOX, Disney+ and NatGeo. Chantry has been a recurring guest on the "Doug Loves Movies" and "Todd Glass Show" Podcasts. In 2012, he released his first live comedy album, "Across From The Adonis." His second stand up album, "Swingers Party," debuted at #1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts in March 2019.
Thomas O'Brien
Thomas O'Brien is an Emmy‑winning producer, television writer, showrunner, and co‑host of the Sunburnt Podcast. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, O'Brien blended a background Seattle's tech world with a passion for comedy—performing in the L.A. scene while producing more than 600 episodes of TV for NBC, ABC, FOX, Nat Geo, Disney+, and others.
He is the founder of Electric OBrien, a production company at the intersection of comedy, film, and emerging tech. With experience spanning network television, branded storytelling for global giants like Procter & Gamble, Anheuser‑Busch, and Mattel, plus production‑level app development, O'Brien brings a unique mix of showbiz savvy and startup energy to everything he does.
But most people don't know—or care—about any of that. They just see a beautiful man in a dazzling Hawaiian shirt who loves his wife and daughter, and whose dead eyes flicker back to life whenever someone mentions a beach vacation or Waikiki.
